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that's why we elect a president. to lead. and this president showed us again why those of us who worked so hard to get them elected are so proud of his leadership. a president is elected to show the courage that others won't. to stand up to people who intimidate others. you know, to stand, to face down the bullies in our society so as to protect the innocent and the vauler inble. >> now, you said must come from the bottom up, congressman, what do you mean by that? >> well, what i mean is there are 300 of my colleagues in the house who have an a rating from the nra. i think most of them are, frankly, intimidated by the nra because they know that the nra responds not so much to its membership, but to the manufacturers, the people who pay the executive's salaries. and the reason they're intimidated is that the nra has shown that it will spend unlimited amounts of money in their district, whether to defeat them in a primary or a general election, it will come from the outside and they will send out what oftentimes is sal lashs. t
that's why we elect a president. to lead. and this president showed us again why those of us who worked so hard to get them elected are so proud of his leadership. a president is elected to show the courage that others won't. to stand up to people who intimidate others. you know, to stand, to face down the bullies in our society so as to protect the innocent and the vauler inble. >> now, you said must come from the bottom up, congressman, what do you mean by that? >> well, what i...
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and then they lost the election. which may explain why today mr. ryan is among 179 republicans who voted no on sandy relief. the second such vote he's made in as many weeks. joining us now is professor michael eric dyson who is also an msnbc political analyst. professor dyson, i want to hear your views of paul ryan in a moment, but first, you heard the president's proposals for violence -- action on gun violence. and he said this is our first task, to keep our children safe. this is how we will be judged. but although he believes that, sir, how does he persuade congress that the same is true for them? >> well, you know, first of all it was a heroic gesture and a rightful gesture made by the highest political office in the land to suggest that our children are our most precious commodity and our precious future. and he wants congress to act. he also asked the american people to put pressure on congress. so he understood that without the will of the american people being exercised to articulate to congress the necessity of passing this kind of legisl
and then they lost the election. which may explain why today mr. ryan is among 179 republicans who voted no on sandy relief. the second such vote he's made in as many weeks. joining us now is professor michael eric dyson who is also an msnbc political analyst. professor dyson, i want to hear your views of paul ryan in a moment, but first, you heard the president's proposals for violence -- action on gun violence. and he said this is our first task, to keep our children safe. this is how we will...
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and taken together, they actually believed on election day, election night into the evening, that mitt romney was going to win. and anybody that had a counterveiling opinion, well, was either a leftist or if you're a republican actually telling the truth, you're a rhino. in the end, we were correct, that they were disconnected from the political reality of middle america. the same thing is happening again here where you've got members in the house of representatives, some democrats, some republicans, looking at this through a very old lens. they need to get new political glasses. newtown changed everything. 20 first grade children being lined up and gunned down and killed the way they were killed changed everything. the republican party and some conservative democrats haven't responded in a meaningful way since then. and so republicans really have a choice in the house of representatives. this may shock some of them, but roll the tape two years from now. they can either pass a comprehensive gun control package right now and shape it under speaker boehner, or they can wait two years whe
and taken together, they actually believed on election day, election night into the evening, that mitt romney was going to win. and anybody that had a counterveiling opinion, well, was either a leftist or if you're a republican actually telling the truth, you're a rhino. in the end, we were correct, that they were disconnected from the political reality of middle america. the same thing is happening again here where you've got members in the house of representatives, some democrats, some...
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a special election primary is set for march 19th. and then the general election will be may 7th. sanford asking voters to weigh his record on fiscal conservatism against some of his personal indiscretions hoping the former will far outweigh the latter. you may remember that sanford publicly confessed in 2010 to having an affair with an average intennian -- argentinian woman and they charged him with 37 violations related to the affair including using taxpayer money and resources for personal travel. sanford agreed to pay a $74,000 fine and he's now divorced from his wife and engaged to his mistress. if you want the white house to pay attention to your petition on its "we the people" web site, you'll have to get 100,000 of your closest friends to sign on. the white house has raised the threshold for responding to people's requests from 25,000 to 100,000 signatures after some arguably ridiculous requests. the officials have had to reply recently to petitions asking to deport piers morgan to the bills -- for states whose residents want to secede from the union. not really official w
a special election primary is set for march 19th. and then the general election will be may 7th. sanford asking voters to weigh his record on fiscal conservatism against some of his personal indiscretions hoping the former will far outweigh the latter. you may remember that sanford publicly confessed in 2010 to having an affair with an average intennian -- argentinian woman and they charged him with 37 violations related to the affair including using taxpayer money and resources for personal...
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to rig the election in pennsylvania. for whoever the republican presidential candidate would be. and so it lost. but now after the election, with much less attention on any impending election, republicans in pennsylvania are trying again. also in wisconsin. republicans tried to advance this idea in 2007 before the 2008 election. it lost in wisconsin for the same reasons that it lost in pennsylvania in that it seemed like a transparent attempt to rig that state for the republican presidential nominee. but then after wisconsin went for barack obama in 2008 and then in 2012, now this has been brought back. and this time the member of the state legislature who unsuccessfully pushed for it last time, well, now, he is speaker of the assembly, the assembly is controlled by republican, the republicans, the state's governor, scott walker now is interested in this idea of changing the rules. since the election we've also seen republican legislators in republican-controlled legislatures float the idea of changing the state's vote f
to rig the election in pennsylvania. for whoever the republican presidential candidate would be. and so it lost. but now after the election, with much less attention on any impending election, republicans in pennsylvania are trying again. also in wisconsin. republicans tried to advance this idea in 2007 before the 2008 election. it lost in wisconsin for the same reasons that it lost in pennsylvania in that it seemed like a transparent attempt to rig that state for the republican presidential...
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for coming out against him before the election and punishing them now for going against what he wants to do in executive orders tomorrow and i don't see any outrage from the left on this. we get outrage over sandra fluke and things that don't matter and in this case we're talking about a serious situation david keen has received actual threats and a video game, a violent and disgraceful way. >> sean: let me ask you, do you approve of this video game? >> i don't approve of a lot of video games. >> sean: i ask you this one, targets that literally shows shooting n.r.a. members, is that okay with you? >> what it's about, showing the n.r.a. if you want the right to own a firearm, any kind of firearm, this is the kind of product we'll get, and the kind of video game. >> sean: you approve of it and fine with it. >> no, i'm not fine with it, but limit freedom of speech, and the second amendment. someone who can create a video game. >> sean: don't put words in my mouth, did i say to ban it? no, i'm talking about the appropriateness and the hypocrisy and double standards and silence of the left
for coming out against him before the election and punishing them now for going against what he wants to do in executive orders tomorrow and i don't see any outrage from the left on this. we get outrage over sandra fluke and things that don't matter and in this case we're talking about a serious situation david keen has received actual threats and a video game, a violent and disgraceful way. >> sean: let me ask you, do you approve of this video game? >> i don't approve of a lot of...
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the same maps they do in the house they want to apply for the presidential election in every state they can get away with it. we have a ban on the show talking about 2016. this is a corner stone, nobody is allowed to talk about the 2016 election, at least until next november. this is not about who the candidates will be, this is about whether or not they vote for a democratic candidate, any democratic candidate, this is about whether or not it results in us having a democratic president. this is going on in the states right now. hey, beltway, wake up. now it is time for "the last word" with lawrence o'donnell. have a great evening. >>> the national rifle association is singing to new lows in the polls. and new lows in their tactics against president obama. they are now using the president's daughters. >> well, president obama trumped congress. >> the president is planning to take matters into his own hands when it comes to gun control. >> i'm confident there are some steps we can take. >> 19 possible actions he can take. >> i'm against having a king. >> president says if congress doesn'
the same maps they do in the house they want to apply for the presidential election in every state they can get away with it. we have a ban on the show talking about 2016. this is a corner stone, nobody is allowed to talk about the 2016 election, at least until next november. this is not about who the candidates will be, this is about whether or not they vote for a democratic candidate, any democratic candidate, this is about whether or not it results in us having a democratic president. this...
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they lost two elections. the american people have made it clear they're not particularly interested in finding new conflicts to get into. >> that's where i think this might be headed, to those nuances down the road. when you get in the hearing room with the lights on and cameras there, sam, and a lot of heat with maybe some adversarial questions from i don't know who is going to be -- cornyn of texas, people like that, might take a shot at this guy, they'll be under pressure. if there's language about jewish lobby, we'll give you a bye on that, that could mean a particular thing rather than the general pro-israeli lobby you're talking about or whatever, but you start getting into language, the former secretary of state, the general, saying you can't accuse a guy of being anti-semitic because he uses a term of art you don't like. you can't jump to the conclusion he's got an ethnic problem. my sense is these hearings are going to be very tough for hagel already. >> it could be, but on the other hand, remember,
they lost two elections. the american people have made it clear they're not particularly interested in finding new conflicts to get into. >> that's where i think this might be headed, to those nuances down the road. when you get in the hearing room with the lights on and cameras there, sam, and a lot of heat with maybe some adversarial questions from i don't know who is going to be -- cornyn of texas, people like that, might take a shot at this guy, they'll be under pressure. if there's...